Molecular simulations of protein disorder

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-290

  Rauscher, Sarah ^a,b   Pomès, Régis ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intrinsically disordered proteins; Molecular dynamics; Molecular simulation; Protein disorder

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ATOMIC LEVELS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONFORMATIONAL ENSEMBLE; DISORDERED PROTEINS; DISORDERED STATE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; PROTEOMES; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY;

PROTEINS;

BIOMATERIAL; ELASTIN; GLUTEN; PROTEIN RESILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BETA SHEET; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOINFORMATICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 77950618150     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O09-169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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